Kensington SecureBack M Series of enclosures for iPad

A way to lock down public-facing iPads

Kensington's SecureBack enclosures offer a way to secure iPads used as kiosks or control panels in public settings.

Text-to-911 service gets a big step closer to reality

Industry groups, including the major wireless carriers, release the specs for a nationwide system they say will be in place next year.

Fire in a high rise apartment building illustrates the need for indoor 911

Why 'indoor GPS' for 911 calls is still years away

FCC performs extensive tests on three technologies to find out what works, what doesn't and what's in the way of better indoor location.

Soldier using smartphone to access Army mobile sites

Mobile devices run amok in the Army, report says

DOD's inspector general says the Army is "unaware" of some 14,000 smart phones and tablets, many of them unmanaged and unsecure.

Fixmo Secure Gesture password technology

Better than a password? Write with your finger.

For iOS and Android devices, Secure Gesture from Fixmo and Lockheed Martin lets users log in with a touch-screen gesture that can be almost impossible to duplicate.

FIPS 140 2 validated TrustChip for Trustcall on iPhone

TrustCall brings fully encrypted voice to the iPhone

With the FIPS 140-2 validated TrustChip, KoolSpan's solution is the first hardware-encrypted security for the iPhone 4 series.

North Miami Beach uses the online 311 reporting application Fix It NMB

City sees a lot more than potholes in mobile reporting apps

Cloud-based services let residents and city employees report problems; North Miami Beach wants to use that data to anticipate problems and allocate resources.

Businessman with smartphone in front of Old Executive Office Building Eisenhower

BYOD: The elements of getting it right the first time

Allowing personal mobile devices onto your network requires a lot more than platform support.

Mobile device management

MDM is only part of the story

XenMobile MDM from Citrix provides gives admins a wealth of management capabilities, which can be leveraged further when used with the other applications in the Mobile Solutions Bundle.

Armor X10 rugged tablet FDNY

FDNY medical crews to arrive at the scene with Armor tablets

The rugged tablets, along with DRS Technologies' EVDO routers, will let crew establish two-way links from the scene of an emergency to a hospital.

Tablet with data in 3D

Digital payoff at GPO: More content, 2008 costs

Shifting the focus from print to digital has produced a leaner, more efficient Government Printing Office with a growing number of digital products and delivery systems.

DOD considering BlackBerry iOS and Android devices

DOD's mobile plan still calls for multiple platforms

The department says its management plan calls for supporting multiple devices, despite a report that it would drop BlackBerry for Apple devices.

Topic Resources

  • Delivering Big Data (Securely) to the Mobile Workforce

    In this webcast experts will discuss the Big Data challenge facing the federal market space and provide perspective into how Big Data can be contained, leveraged and, in turn, secured and accessed by the mobile device of your choice.

  • The Virtual Desktop: Extending the Enterprise

    Despite sequestration and looming, deeper budget cuts, virtualization remains high on the list of priorities for federal and state and local governments alike, to ease PC manageability, strengthen IT security and lower costs. As agencies strive to grant employees remote access to internal information resources when and where they need it, IT officials warn that while it is ideal for most agencies, it’s important to design and implement it correctly. Register to learn what impact VDI had on the federal end-user’s experience and how it affected the broader management and acquisition strategies of the IT enterprise.

  • State Department ROI Case Study

    The U.S. Department of State saved taxpayers more than $1.6M annually by using Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform to create a custom application to provide program managers around the world with ready access to up-to-date budget information. Download now to read more!

  • Special Report: Rugged IT

    The rugged IT market is about to get a wake-up call. For a long time, both buyers and sellers alike accepted the notion that buying rugged IT means giving up a lot of features that come with standard products. But as the general IT market continues to emphasize mobility and smaller device form factors, those lower expectations are bound to be revisited.